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 The Observer front page on 21 January 2018 | |
| Type | Sunday newspaper[1] |
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| Format | Broadsheet (until 2006) Berliner (2006–2018), Compact (since 2018)[1] |
| Owner(s) | Tortoise Media[2] |
| Editor | Lucy Rock |
| Founded | 4 December 1791 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left[3] British republicanism[4] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Kings Place, 90 York Way, London |
| Circulation | 136,656 (as of July 2021)[5] |
| Sister newspapers | The Guardian, The Guardian Weekly |
| ISSN | 0029-7712 |
| OCLC number | 50230244 |
| Website | observer |
| ISSN | 9976-1971 |
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| OCLC number | 436604553 |
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays and sister paper to The Guardian and The Guardian Weekly.
First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.[6] In 1993 it was acquired by their parent company, Guardian Media Group Limited. In December 2024, Tortoise Media acquired the paper from the Scott Trust Limited.[2][7][8]
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